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Makai
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"Start explaining, son." Dad joined mom in her interrogation. Dammit, this was not going to be easy.
"W..well, these are friends of mine and Ocean's. They are on the swim team with us."
"OK. Are they going with you to visit Ocean?" Mom narrowed her eyes at me like she already knew that the answer to that was going to be no, but she was daring me to try and get away with a lie anyway.
"No, they aren't. They came back here because they are-."
"I am sorry, Mr. and Mrs. Rivers. My name is Ben, this is my boyfriend Ryan, and we're staying here with Makai and Ocean. I am sorry if we overstepped your boundaries. We can pack our things and leave immediately. Come on Ryan."
After apologizing Ben took Ryan's hand and started to step away from me. I could sense the same fear in him that I had been feeling since my mom looked at me so icily.
